Quotes About Benevolence

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!

The more happiness we bestow, the more we shall receive, even here; and the greater will be our reward in heaven when we rest from our labours." 

True benevolence and gentle, considerate kindness.

If you want to know how God feels about money, look at who she gives it to

Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy resides. … When you are aware of all that has been given you, in your lifetime and in the past few days, it is hard not to be humbled, and pleased to give back.

He was happy for other people's success.

Because if you're going to do someone a favor, her father used to tell her, you might as well do it graciously.

The gift is to the giver, and comes back to him . . ." —Walt Whitman

Ask?da ekmek: there is bread on the hook. It's an ancient tradition in Turkey. When buying a loaf at the local bakery, you can choose to pay for an extra loaf and, after bagging your purchase, the owner will hang the second loaf on a hook on the wall. If a person in need comes by, he or she can ask if there's anything on the hook. If so, the bread is shared, and the hunger is relieved.

The fact that we can't repay him is precisely why his gift is so valuable

Not proud you have, but thankful that you have. Proud can I never be of what I hate, but thankful even for hate that is meant love.

Loving kindness is the practice of offering to oneself and others wishes to be happy, peaceful, healthy, strong

May my practice be dedicated to your well-being.

It is a great happiness to be able to give.

Hear me Isis as I pray. See her pain and take it all away. Let the heaven's light shine bright from above. And wrap her in your most benevolent love. Let no evil touch this child. Protect and hold her all the while. Save her from the darkness, ills and fevers of all kind. Heal her wounds by your most sacred design. There is nothing more earnest I can say. Except please accept my humble heart as I pray.

Take advantage of this great opportunity in your life to live it well, to be good, to have good works, and to influence other people for good.

Approach life knowing there will be plenty to go around. Be generous.

No matter how you decide to spend a little more time on your gestures of giving, the point is just quite simply that you do.

Forget about getting, simply give; and I guarantee you, you will get much.

Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion, benevolence, and humanity.

What you make happen for others, GOD will make happen for you.

How good would a Good Samaritan be, if a Good Samaritan would only intend to do good?

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.

Do definite good; first of all to yourself, then to definite persons.